Lead the design, build, and rollout of the strategic Prime Risk & Margin platform supporting Prime Brokerage, Delta‑1, Synthetics, and Financing desks.
Drive migration of risk, margin, exposure, and scenario workflows from legacy systems onto the new strategic architecture.
Partner with MD‑level stakeholders across trading, risk policy, quant, and product teams to shape roadmap and delivery priorities.
Collaborate closely with Product Development, BA, and cross‑functional teams to ensure functional and non‑functional requirements are met.
Own and execute the multi‑year technology roadmap across globally distributed teams (New York, India, and other regions).
Architect target‑state distributed systems for Prime Risk, Portfolio Margining, stress testing, and exposure management.
Produce functional specifications, technical design documents, and oversee testing frameworks for risk and margin workflows.
Manage full SDLC lifecycle including analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment, and production readiness.
Conduct code reviews and ensure high engineering standards across risk, margin, and exposure technology domains.
Serve as the technical and functional SME for Prime Risk & Margin processes, methodologies, and system integration.
Tackle complex analytical and computational challenges involving large datasets, high‑performance calculation engines, and time‑sensitive risk workloads.
Ensure quality, maintainability, resiliency, and scalability across all platform components.

Requirements

6+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
3+ years of management or leadership experience
6+ years of capital markets or securities industry experience
6+ years of direct experience in Prime Brokerage, Equity Finance, Delta‑1, Synthetic Financing, or Margin/Risk technology
6+ years of application development experience
Strong proficiency in Java and/or C++ in low‑latency trading or risk environments
6+ years designing or building high‑performance distributed systems
6+ years managing application development teams (onshore + offshore) in Agile environments.
5+ years of architectural design experience with distributed compute, caching, and messaging systems.
6+ years of experience integrating quant libraries, pricing models, and risk engines.

Benefits

Health benefits
401(k) Plan
Paid time off
Disability benefits
Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
Parental leave
Critical caregiving leave
Discounts and savings
Commuter benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Scholarships for dependent children
Adoption reimbursement

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaC++distributed systemsapplication developmentarchitectural designquant librariespricing modelsrisk enginesSDLCAgile

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationcommunicationanalytical skillsproblem-solvingstakeholder managementtechnical expertiseproject managementteam managementquality assurance